Re: A practical idea for Lava maybe
| December 16, 2014 08:58PM |
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Lava tank sits about 420 feet above the pump house, and about 1/2 mile away. One of these puppies *might* do, depending on final pipe diameter and configuration...
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Best pump profile gives about a 500 foot total head at 125HP.
Edit: with respect to rehunn's earlier posts (below). He's absolutely correct. It takes a pressure to lift the water up, but also pressure to move it along at some flow rate. With our example pump, we have 500ft to play with, but have to lift 420ft...leaving only 80ft to "put towards" a flow rate. Marginal. That's not an inexpensive pump, and the costs just go up as you increase pump capacity. More feasible options exist, and, unfortunately, toying with the idea of pumping from the pump house is just toying with how much more time, money, and effort it will take to put water in the tank.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/16/2014 09:20PM by rainbowroute.
[dragonenergyequipment.com]
Best pump profile gives about a 500 foot total head at 125HP.
Edit: with respect to rehunn's earlier posts (below). He's absolutely correct. It takes a pressure to lift the water up, but also pressure to move it along at some flow rate. With our example pump, we have 500ft to play with, but have to lift 420ft...leaving only 80ft to "put towards" a flow rate. Marginal. That's not an inexpensive pump, and the costs just go up as you increase pump capacity. More feasible options exist, and, unfortunately, toying with the idea of pumping from the pump house is just toying with how much more time, money, and effort it will take to put water in the tank.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/16/2014 09:20PM by rainbowroute.
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